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T.RYAN.

MITTEN.

No'. 248,728. 'Patented July 5, 1881.

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VUNIT-113D STATES VPATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY RYAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MITTEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 243,728, dated July 5, 1881,

Application filed April 4, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, TIMOTHY RYAN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mittens, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to that class of mittens which are made of Wool-skin and provided With wristlets or cuii's of knit or flexible material; and itY consists in securing to the Wristlets stays, of tape or similar goods, in such manner that the strain caused by pulling on the gloves will be received and sustained by the stays, thereby relieving the wristlet, preventing its being stretched needlessly, and lengthening its life ot' usefulness.

In Figure l is shown a mitten or glove opened so as to expose the interior upon both sides; and Fig.2 is a section of the same, taken longitudinally through one ofthe stays.

In said drawings, A represents the body of a mitten, formed of sheep-skin having the wool a upon it to give warmth, and B is the wristlet, made of kuit fabric, so it Will be elastic, to yield to the passage of the hand and close snugly upon the wrist, and possess at the same time a good degree of warmth. To save this Wristlet from being stretched and injured in pulling on the mitten I provide it, at the point where the wearer naturally takes holdin that operation, with one or more stays, C, Which eX- tend from near the outer edge of the cuff up to and upon the body ofthe mitten, and secure it to both cuff and body bystitching, as shown at c. The wearer, in donning the mitten, taires between his thumb and foreiinger that portion of the cuff' to which the stay is secured, and

the strain is therefore put directly upon the A latter, and, being made of tape or other nonelastic fabric, it transmits the force directly to the body of the mitten. I prefer to apply these sta-ys to both palm and back of the mitten, and there may be more than tWo of them, it' desired, and they muy be scoured either to the inside or outside, as fancy may dictate.

These stays do not interfere with the stretch 

